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One For The Buffers

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 16 9:47 pm
by Steve
Was over at AndyR's house last week as he was prepping his Fury for the Nats. It was gleaming and he told me he used 'Harly Wax' to finish her off.

I ordered some off the interweb and it arrived today. Its a yellow carnauba wax and must be good as its from Long Beach in California.

My brother got me a clay bar for my birthday so when Im driving again, I will give the Polara a good old buffing and see how she comes up

Cheers Steve :thumbright:

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 16 12:36 am
by RobTwin
The Fury did look great on Sunday, Steve (& Andy) - a credit to you both :thumbright:

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 16 9:02 am
by Charger
great finishing touch, looks fantastic 8-)

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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 16 11:36 pm
by Steve
Thanks men...Andy did all the hard work....he doesn't get on here as much as he should!

Cheers Steve :thumbright:

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 9:57 am
by Motorama
Harly Wax is very good as long as you pre wax the car with something else as theres no abrasives in it all, it wont even remove a dried raindrop from the car, ive often used it on dark coloured cars, you can keep building it up and end up with a really deep shine

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 11:53 am
by Steve
Gotcha Andy....I plan to use a clay bar first then this wax.... would that work ok??

Cheers Steve :thumbright:

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 12:07 pm
by Motorama
You probably still need a pre wax or cleaner wax to take off any water residue from the clay baring, the Harley Wax won't lift any dirt off

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 12:11 pm
by Steve
Thats great advice...thanks! :thumbright:

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 12:21 pm
by Charger
Ive used clay a couple of times one thing for certain you will not be disappointed its incredibly easy to do and amazing results

Of course theres a myriad of products on the market but which ever brand you chose the order in which they are deployed should remain constant

its important to distinguish between polish and wax

wash -> clay bar -> polish -> wax

I use a combination of Autoglym and Meguiars

wash -> Meguiars NXT Car Wash (purple)

clay bar -> Autoglym clay, lubricant either Autoglym Rapid Detailer or just a soapy solution as above

polish -> Autoglym Super Resin Polish

wax -> Meguiars Deep Crystal System Step 3 Carnauba Wax

good guide on how to clay

http://www.detailedimage.com/Auto-Detai ... /Clay-Bar/

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 12:25 pm
by Steve
Thanks Simon, that's great! Really looking forward to doing it now.

Cheers :thumbright:

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 1:22 pm
by DaveB
Brake cleaner,good for removing burnt rubber of your rear quarters :thumbright:

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 1:23 pm
by Pete
Blowlamp?

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 16 1:27 pm
by Steve
DaveB wrote:Brake cleaner,good for removing burnt rubber of your rear quarters :thumbright:

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Not a problem I have in the old Polara Dave :thumbright: